Berklee College of Music
Auburndale, MA
Allan Chase is a jazz saxophonist, composer, college music teacher and administrator. He has performed jazz and improvised music since 1974 with his own groups and as a member of the Lewis Nash-Allan Chase Duo (1979-80), Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet (1981-present), Prima Materia with Rashied Ali (1992-2000), the Steve Lantner Quartet with Joe Morris and Luther Gray (2002- present), the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, Bruno Råberg, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, and many other groups in a wide range of styles. He appears as a soloist on over sixty jazz and improvised music recordings, several rock and classical recordings, and several movie scores.
From 2008 to 2021, Chase chaired the Ear Training department at Berklee College of Music, where he continues to teach Ear Training and work with the students of the Global Jazz Institute. Since 1981, he has taught a wide range of college courses in jazz history, transcription and analysis, ear training, harmony, counterpoint, music theory, ensembles, and private lessons in saxophone and improvisation. He began his teaching career at Berklee in 1981, and has also taught at Tufts University (1993-7) and New England Conservatory (1994-2012), where he served as chair of jazz studies, chair of contemporary improvisation, and dean of faculty. More information: allanchase.com
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The Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra with special guests Jennifer Wharton, John Fedchock and Sean Jones
Friday, January 5, 2024
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CST